Though Dux’s tall tale has been widely debunked by most circles, Bloodsport, even with its terrible acting and derivative ...
Flying high in one of the world’s most male-dominated film industries, Chinese writer-director Vivian Qu follows up her acclaimed 2017 drama “Angels ... and a wuxia movie extra asks ...
Below is a small sample of what's available – five series in different genres to help you get started in your exploration.
Lives are literally on the line in Vivian Qu’s genre hybrid Girls on Wire, a surprisingly gritty study of people left behind or living in the margins that fuses gangster realism with social drama and ...
In a more literal manifestation of the film’s title, Fang Di is a stuntwoman who specializes in wire work; when we first see her, she’s being whipped around for the purposes of a wuxia film ...
Some martial arts movies go above and beyond with their artistic vision, featuring beautiful cinematography, set design, ...
When you said “warriors,” it reminded me of the ways the film plays with some of the tropes of wuxia cinema ... saying all of the money is in micro-dramas, those super-shortform episodic ...
Though they traverse a range of genres, these movies all left a lasting impact and continue to hold up today. "They're called boobs, Ed." 2000 was a big year for Steven Soderbergh, seeing him release ...
to Best Cinematography in 2000 This is not to say that Peter Pau didn’t do beautiful things with Ang Lee’s wuxia epic ... Jack Nicholson in this comedy drama, but even at the time viewers ...